Kristen Schmidt
2/12/17
7th
John Venn
Author, lecturer, priest, inventor, logician, philosopher, college president, teacher, and mathematician are all titles for one man. That man is John Venn. Venn was born in Hull, England on August 4, 1834. He was born to Henry Venn and Martha Sykes Venn. He died on April 4, 1923 in Cambridge, England. He was 90 years old at the time of his death. Over the course of Venn’s life there were several historic world events that occurred. One is that the US bought Alaska from Russia. This happened in 1867 and they bought it for $7.2 million. In addition, the first modern Olympic Games occurred when he was 61. These games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896. There were 14 countries involved. World War I also started and ended …show more content…
He attended both Highgate and Islington Preparatory School. In 1853, he started studying mathematics at Cambridge University. While studying mathematics, he got a scholarship. In 1857, he graduated and got 6th in his class with a degree in mathematics. He also became a fellow at Cambridge University. As a child, Venn’s home life was structured and religious. His mom died when he was 3. His father, who was a priest, raised him to become a priest too. Venn married Susanne Carnegie who was the daughter of Rev Charles Edmonston. They had an only child who was a son. His name was John Archibald Venn and he also became a mathematician and did research with his father. After graduating, Venn served as a deacon and a curate. He became a priest in 1859. This was expected by his family. In 1862 he became a lecturer and taught logic and probability at Cambridge University. He left the priesthood in 1883 because his beliefs had changed. Venn was also an author. He is most famous for his logic trilogy that included The Logic of Chance, Symbolic Logic, and The Principles of Empirical Logic. Later he became the president of Cambridge University until he
2/12/17
7th
John Venn
Author, lecturer, priest, inventor, logician, philosopher, college president, teacher, and mathematician are all titles for one man. That man is John Venn. Venn was born in Hull, England on August 4, 1834. He was born to Henry Venn and Martha Sykes Venn. He died on April 4, 1923 in Cambridge, England. He was 90 years old at the time of his death. Over the course of Venn’s life there were several historic world events that occurred. One is that the US bought Alaska from Russia. This happened in 1867 and they bought it for $7.2 million. In addition, the first modern Olympic Games occurred when he was 61. These games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896. There were 14 countries involved. World War I also started and ended …show more content…
He attended both Highgate and Islington Preparatory School. In 1853, he started studying mathematics at Cambridge University. While studying mathematics, he got a scholarship. In 1857, he graduated and got 6th in his class with a degree in mathematics. He also became a fellow at Cambridge University. As a child, Venn’s home life was structured and religious. His mom died when he was 3. His father, who was a priest, raised him to become a priest too. Venn married Susanne Carnegie who was the daughter of Rev Charles Edmonston. They had an only child who was a son. His name was John Archibald Venn and he also became a mathematician and did research with his father. After graduating, Venn served as a deacon and a curate. He became a priest in 1859. This was expected by his family. In 1862 he became a lecturer and taught logic and probability at Cambridge University. He left the priesthood in 1883 because his beliefs had changed. Venn was also an author. He is most famous for his logic trilogy that included The Logic of Chance, Symbolic Logic, and The Principles of Empirical Logic. Later he became the president of Cambridge University until he